When Germany invaded Russia 77 years ago today, the largest land battle in history began, as did the worst mass murder in history.
June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa and the Holocaust
Category: History
German Prisoners in Goleta, CA
During World War II, 425,000 German soldiers taken prisoner by American forces in Africa and Europe were sent to the United States. Most of the prisoner-of-war camps were located in the East and South. But some were built in the West as well, including a small one in Goleta, California.
We Must Remember Lidice: June 10, 1942
On this day in 1942, the Germans destroyed the tiny Czech village of Lidice. The men were all shot, the women and children taken to concentration camps. It must not be forgotten.
Death of the Hangman
On this day in history, May 27, 1942, the brave men and women of the Czech Resistance attempted to assassinate SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich.
Gilberto Bosques Saldivar, The Mexican Schindler
This little known hero was a Mexican diplomat who saved thousands of Jews and Spanish refugees during one of the darkest times in history.
James Dean’s Last Ride
When James Dean crashed his Porsche Spyder into another car at the intersection of Highways 41 and 46 in northeaster San Luis Obispo County on September 30, 1955, a promising you life was cut short, and a legend was born.
March 15, 1939
On this day 79 years ago, March 15, 1939, the Germans occupied…
On this day 79 years ago, March 15, 1939, the Germans occupied what remained of Czechoslovakia after its dismemberment by the Munich Conference on September 30, 1938. Czech President Benes, fearing his people would be slaughtered since they had been abandoned by their allies England and France, ordered his armed forces not to resist. The Czechs now began a long and heroic resistance to Nazi rule, culminating on May 27, 1942, when Czech resistance fighters attempted to assassinate SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich by throwing a bomb at his car as he rode through Prague. When Heydrich died on June 4, thousands of Czechs were murdered in retaliation, and the tiny village of Lidice was razed to the ground. All males 15 years old and above were shot. The women and children were sent to concentration camps. The children with “Aryan” features were sent to German foster homes, to be raised as Germans. Only 9 were ever found after the war.
I am posting this in the hope that if such tragedies as this are remembered, they will not be repeated.
When A Submarine Attacked Goleta
Have You Seen The Dark Watchers?
They have been seen for centuries, haunting the high peaks and cliffs of the Santa Lucia Mountains, dark figures wearing capes or large round hats.
The Spirits of Sunny Acres
Sunny Acres, also known to some as “Hell’s Acres,” has a reputation of both being haunted and as a place where drug deals go down.
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